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Dole Food Company

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Liked my job but HORRIBLE HR dept - Anonymous employee Dole Food Company Employee Review

2.0
Nov 21, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I enjoyed the people I work with, I loved the products the company created and enjoyed my day to day work. Unfortunately, I had a change in my family situation and had to leave.

Cons

- The HR department and their company policies are ridiculously archaic. - They promote people who are known to completely disrespect and demean their peers in private and in public despite complaints - The blatant hypocrisy within the company claiming to be family friendly while they guilt-trip employees for having families and refusing to allow for flexibility for proven, loyal employees is beyond disappointing to see. -There is an obvious power trip issue with the leaders of HR that goes so far as to patrol the corporate office trolling for gossip and looking for ways to strong arm those they feel aren’t “complying “ enough with policies . - company policies need to be updated to benefit/help the employees, not make them feel as though they are a big brother type entity waiting to find a reason to push people out.

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Dole Food Company Response
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Dole welcomes all feedback from our employees and are sorry to hear you feel your experience was not supported for your changing circumstances. We encourage any employee who is struggling to reach out to HR or their manager for assistance. Dole establishes its policies under the guidance of senior leadership which are intended to support those who work for our organization and the businesses needs that allow us to employ a diverse workforce. Likewise, our policies are developed to allow our organization to treat all employees fairly and consistently regardless of position or tenure and strive to be family friendly as well as an employer of choice in the communities where are business operations are located.

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Cons

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